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Terrorism, War, or Disease?: Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons

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Description for Terrorism, War, or Disease?: Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons Paperback. Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons examines the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when biological weapons have been and who has used them through detailed case studies and draws lessons to improve our ability to counter the world's most deadly silent killers. Editor(s): Clunan, Anne L.; Lavoy, Peter; Martin, Susan B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 9 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JPWL2; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.

The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW events. Terrorism, War, or Disease? is the first book to examine the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when BW have been used and who has used them.

Through detailed analysis of the most significant and controversial allegations of BW use from the Second World War to the present, internationally recognized experts assess past attempts ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804759779
SKU
V9780804759779
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Ref
99-50

About Anne L Clunan
Anne L. Clunan is Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. Peter R. Lavoy is National Intelligence Officer for South Asia at the National Intelligence Council. Susan B. Martin is Lecturer at the Department of War Studies and the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King's College London.

Reviews for Terrorism, War, or Disease?: Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons
"Terrorism, War, or Disease? proves the importance of general awareness of biological weapons threads and the establishment of procedures to detect and respond to possible hostile attacks . . . Clunan's, Lavoy's, and Martin's book rightly emphasizes the need for adequate information networks on both national and international level, sufficient mechanism to investigate alleged uses of biological weapons, and, in ... Read more

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